Someone asked a few days ago... Here is one I found.
http://www.biodiesel.com/images/Material%20Safety%20Sheet.pdf
Wisdom to all,
Jim
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Hi guys,
I actually have a quick question for Darren, firstly where about in Aust are
you?
Secondly where is the best place to get NaOH and methanol from. I live in
Brissy and am trying to find the best place to get these substances.
Cheers
Darryl
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FuelMeister ? Ever heard of that one? I hit upon this site and
curiosity made me search the archives for FuelMeister well that was a
real interesting little read.
Anyway thanks Keith for setting this all up and helping all us newbies out !
I have to wonder if all the crank rumors that I have
Most internal combustion engines operate at about 35 per cent
efficiency. This means that only 35 per cent of the fuel is fully
burned. The rest either turns to carbon corroding the engine or goes
out the exhaust pipe as greenhouse gases.
Wow, according to this in theory if we make a 100%
Not all off road fuel is died, Since I have live in
Alaska I have not seen any Red Off Road Fuel. But do
remember it from years ago back on the farm in
Michigan.
--- Appal Energy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In the US, on-road fuel must be registered with the
EPA. This
theoretically shows that
Hello
I am looking into making fuel ethanol from waste fruit and other produce grown on my block which I intend togrow onusing permaculture.
I am not in a position to do any welding etc. so I would like to buy a still that can distill to the required proof in one pass such as a good reflux or a
I noted a Franklin del Rosario cited in our web pages. How can we get in
touch with him? I have been looking for someone to link up with here in the
Philippines to look into doing bio-diesel.
The Philippines is a strange situation. The government wants BIG biodiesel
plants and is discouraging
On Sunday, September 18, 2005, at 03:01 PM, CLON S.A wrote:
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From: Daniel
To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2005 3:00 AM
Subject: Lavado
El lavado del biodiesel se debe de hacer con agua destilada o con agua
del grifo (potable)
Thank You Sami I will check this out!
Sami Vastela wrote:
Check these
http://www.wallas.fi/index_eng.php?page=31PHPSESSID=705777f49548a7102f6437a
b5cf9e270
I have the smaller one in our summer cottage. I haven't yet tried BD, but it
works great with normal heatingoil so BD should be just fine.
From: Alt.EnergyNetwork [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Re: [Biofuel] global warming tipping point
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 07:33:18 +
Hello,
Why not discuss the story and implications right here.
This list is full of
Furthermore,
when the energy efficiency of a combustion
engine is 35% it means the relationship between added energy (fuel) and the
power that comes as a result. The rest of the energy is heat energy, which
becomestransported by the cooling system as well as creating hot exhaust
fumes. If
I recall that chemistry experiment, (also works with potassium), both
metals were kept under oil to prevent oxidation. They're very unstable
metals, and not found on earth in their pure forms. Hence the question
becomes: How much energy does it take to purify the metal, and once
this is
Hi all,
Sodium in air will burn instantly and explosively.
Wasn't this the reason Thomas Edison got fired and
lost part of his hearing because he let dry a piece of
sodium metal in the box car he was experimenting in.
The box car burned to the ground too. Sodium metal is
usually placed in oil
And for good measure, in case anyone outside of the USA is looking at this:
For the same 150l processor:
2995USD from Fuelmeister USD
(http://www.fuelmeister.com/products/fuelmeister.asp)
6227USD (£3459) from Greenfuels (http://www.greenfuels.co.uk/small.htm) and
10867USD (R70 000) here in South
I seriously doubt it, the Khaos device does much of anything and I have
yet to see any well controlled studies that show that adding small
amounts of acetone impacts fuel efficiency.
NBV wrote:
The reference below claims to save 15%-50% gasoline fuel when installed;
the principle is the
Has anyone else seen this? I don't know about the reliability of the info.
Jesse
http://truthforce.ca/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/4346090942/m/8781025931/r/347109
8931
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FYI: I came across an ethanol fuel group.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/alcoholfuel/
It's pretty new (Sept 4). Despite that, they seem to have a lot of activity.
Although JTF is still the most comprehensive source for alternative fuel production (IMO), I've never met someone from whom I
I was doing a search on something unrelated and found this article in The Free Republic (of all places)!
They tried to make an example out of this and use it to make fun of those who recognize global warming. So, it only seems fair to post the original article (from thesource listed in the FR
I have been using biodiesel
on my intercooled turbo diesel for about 7.000 miles and ,, thank Gog, have not
found any problem with it.
PJW
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To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org
Sent: Friday, September 16, 2005 1:31
PM
Subject:
This is truly an excellent way to generate cheap hydrogen on command.
It eliminates the storage difficulty that hydrogen gas presents. The
only problem is generating cheap pure sodium...
Rick
bmolloy wrote:
Hi All,
This thread intrigued, so much so that I posted it around among
Hmmm. Seems very similar to generating hydrogen on demand from water
by electrolyzing it. Works great, but there is that pesky energy
balance thing... I suspect the energy to refine sodium is much
greater than what you ever get out of the hydrogen. Plus, what to do
with the left over sodium
Dear Doug,
No.
Rick
des wrote:
I recall that chemistry experiment, (also works with potassium), both
metals were kept under oil to prevent oxidation. They're very unstable
metals, and not found on earth in their pure forms. Hence the question
becomes: How much energy does it take
It says that they have met the Canadian federal government's
Environmental Choice Program EcoLogo standards, which I guess is what
Canada uses instead of the Green-e certification that the US uses?
On 9/19/05, mark manchester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone else seen this? I don't know
Kewl!
Me and my hang gliding buddies have been talking about something like
this for a while. We are interested in using the convective force not
to drive air through filters but rather to trigger larger convective
currents in the air. Yes I am talking about a thermal generator. It
would
You know... I hate it when I'm right. I was right about Iraq, and
more and more it appears I may have been right about global warming
too
IF we have reached the tipping point where catastrophic effects from
global warming are unavoidable, even if we completely stopped CO2
emissions right
The 35% is 35% of the theoretical Carnot, not 35% of the potential energy of the fuel. And yes, the rest of the energy is in the exhaust pipe and water jacket although it is almost all heat as unburned hydrocarbons is usually not true any more.
This little measurement twist is why most don't
Are Cheney and Rove with him? I might actually save GW, but not the others...
On 9/18/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i'd have to go for the high-contrast color. you can always digitize it later
and convert to grey-scale.
-chris b.
In a message dated 9/17/05 6:17:17 PM,
Also see http://www.americas.org/item_19275
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12654463.htmKirk
U.S. WAR PENDING AGAINST VENEZUELA?Sunday, September 18, 2005 - FreeMarketNews.comAmerican warships have assembled off the shores of Venezuela, and a war between the two countries seems to be fast
H? How come I took two thermodynamics courses in college, and
never heard this? Then again, I got an electrical engineering degree
concentrating in power systems, and never heard of the existence of
PV.
On 9/19/05, Kirk McLoren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As for Carnot calculate the
On Wednesday, September 14, 2005 4:40 PM, Ray J wrote:
You must not have read the article
***sigh*** I did read the article. I guess my phrasing just wasn't good enough
so I'll rephrase:
If you drill into the ground and remove a finite amount of matter in a finite
volume, you are left
Actually, whereas potassium will react with moisture in the air, sodium
won't react so rapidly. Chuck it water and it will, quite excitingly.
Ken Chua wrote:
Hi all,
Sodium in air will burn instantly and explosively.
Wasn't this the reason Thomas Edison got fired and
lost part of his
sure it works but it takes more energy to make the sodium than you get
back in hydorgen.
bmolloy wrote:
Hi All,
This thread intrigued, so much so that I posted it around among
friends for comment. One said that sodium was the answer to generating cheap
hydrogen. The exchange as
Interesting idea, but I'd have to say I prefer PV myself. No moving
parts. Solar got a bad rap in the US in the 80's due to alot of
poorly installed solar thermal systems. Now everyone expects their PV
system to leak I can't actually remember doing any maintenance on
my PV system in the
Yeah. I want the 2.5l diesel D-max too. But instead I just bought a
21 year old Mitsubishi pickup because that was the last time they
imported the diesel to the US. I can't justify spending any money on
a car, new or old, that can't run on renewable fuels.
I suspect the problems in importing
Kirk,
Jan's comments are closest to the real
situation. 35% would be the average thermal efficiency of Internal
Combustion Engines determined by the amount of work done (power output) divided
by ther amount of energy available in the fuel. Current petrol engines
have a thermal efficiency
here is a similar technology on a grand scale.
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/01/05/australia.tower/
turn the fans off and this baby would shoot you to the stratosphere in a
jiffy.
Joe Street wrote:
Kewl!
Me and my hang gliding buddies have been talking about something
Thanks Zeke, yeah, good point. I guess that makes them sort of legit. As
much as anyone is, eh?
Jesse
From: Zeke Yewdall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 08:46:31 -0600
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Dear Ken,
That was phosphorus.
Rick
Ken Chua wrote:
Hi all,
Sodium in air will burn instantly and explosively.
Wasn't this the reason Thomas Edison got fired and
lost part of his hearing because he let dry a piece of
sodium metal in the box car he was experimenting in.
http://www.benwiens.com/energy4.html
Fuel cells are analyzed theoretically using the carnot ratio which, it is explained, applies to both heat engines as well as fuel cells. A simple second law analysis shows where the loss of efficiency in different fuel cells occurs. Energy concepts are based on
Howdy Rick and Ken,
Potassium will burst into flame due to reaction with moist air, sodium
will not.
There are three allotropes of phosphorous. Red (amorphous) and Black
(laminar) are not particularly reactive (think of the red of a match
head- that's red phosphorous) Only white
Internal combustion engines are rated at % of Carnot achieved and as I said
before low temperature engines such as powered by flat plate collectors will
not be even vaguely close to what Carnot would lead you to believe. That is
why there are no successful ones. Use Charles law and tell me
Howdy Tom, I am surprised that the method works at all. There is a
fundamental problem with the pKa's of ethanol and methanol. the
equilibrium
KOH + EtOH -- KOEt + H2O
favors the left side of the equasion
whereas for methanol
KOH + MeOH --- KOMe + H2O
favors the right side.
here is an engine swapping question for someone with more expertise than
me (easily done);
I can get a nicely redone 79 (?) mg midget without an engine. A guy
apparently did a restoration job, then blew the engine. I had
considered putting a vw diesel in it. My mechanic said he could
On Sep 19, 2005, at 8:23 AM, Zeke Yewdall wrote:
it could be argued that, if indeed we have reached a tipping
point, that
preventing global warming is moot, and we should do whatever we can to
deal with the effects of global warming.
We should do that anyway..
There are other
The 1.6 liter VW diesel will rev to about 5,000. Now, it is quite
loud at that point, and the fuel economy degrades (best at about
2,000), but it will do it. I think the new TDI VW diesels are
redlined at 4,500 rpm (with peak fuel economy at 1800). There's a
discussion forum vwdiesel.net that
Unless I had a digital camera. I'd save the
film.
Jason
In a message dated 9/17/05 6:17:17 PM, dougwrites:
We did? Looks like my vote got ignored yet again.
I'd choose the black and white, color film leaves nothing for
the imagination...
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Hi Joe,
Nice idea :)
''I am talking about a thermal generator. It would be so nice to have a
house thermal always reliable and present on the location of our
airfield.''
The speed of the wind a solar tower creates is dependent on two main things.
The size of the solar collection area, ie
Hello all,
I'd like to make a cookstove which burns a flame under the pot, the
flame being from producer gas.
Does anyone have plans for such a stove?
Thanks,
Erik
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Emissions testing, hey we don't need (do) no stinkin' emissions testing
here in Arkansas!
thanks Zeke.
Zeke Yewdall wrote:
The 1.6 liter VW diesel will rev to about 5,000. Now, it is quite
loud at that point, and the fuel economy degrades (best at about
2,000), but it will do it. I think
Also see
http://www.americas.org/item_19275http://www.americas.org/item_19275
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12654463.htmhttp://www.miami.c
om/mld/miamiherald/12654463.htm
Kirk
U.S. WAR PENDING AGAINST VENEZUELA?
Sunday, September 18, 2005 - FreeMarketNews.com
American warships have
So according to the New York Times, Carl Rove is in charge of
rebuilding New Orleans??
I think I'm going to be sick.
http://select.nytimes.com/2005/09/19/opinion/19herbert.html?hp
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Besides, if you run it on biodiesel (I assume that's the plan) the
emissions are much lower than for diesel anyway. My truck went from
48% smoke to 9% smoke when I switched fuels. Combination of the
better fuel, and probably cleaning out the old gunked up injectors
On 9/19/05, bob allen
Ooops, duh maybe because the TDI is front wheel drive?
Sorry
S. Chapin
bob allen wrote:
Emissions testing, hey we don't need (do) no stinkin' emissions testing
here in Arkansas!
thanks Zeke.
Zeke Yewdall wrote:
The 1.6 liter VW diesel will rev to about 5,000. Now, it is quite
loud at
I'm not sure about midgets, or the later mgb, but some mgb's had an
overdrive as did P1800 volvo and some healey's.
I think they were all electric. I would look into mating the vw tdi with
the volvo unit, but? Why not find a TDI trans to put in the midget?
S. Chapin
bob allen wrote:
Hi Jason;
Thanks for the response. Do you know if the device incorporates
baffles so that the incoming air does not simply move radialy? In the
northern hemisphere due to corriolis effect air rushing in to replace
rising air is deflected to the right (as viewed from above) so that
dust devils
If you're doing a engine-to-bellhousing adaptor anyway, why not use a
5 speed tranny from a small rear wheel drive toyota pickup or such?
On 9/19/05, S. Chapin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ooops, duh maybe because the TDI is front wheel drive?
Sorry
S. Chapin
bob allen wrote:
Emissions
Hello all,
I'd like to make a cookstove which burns a flame under the pot, the
flame being from producer gas.
Does anyone have plans for such a stove?
Thanks,
Erik
See:
Wood-gas stoves
http://journeytoforever.org/at_woodfire.html#woodgasstoves
Cookstoves for schools -- A wood-gas stove made
FYI:
...Mike
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http://villagevoice.com/news/0538,fergusonshee,67983,2.html
Google is starting to find stories on it. Be interesting to see what
the main stream media makes of it
On 9/19/05, Michael Redler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
FYI:
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I don't see why not.
Chris wrote:
Dear Prof.Allen:
Good day!
Can final drying of BD can be done with anhydrous Na2S04? We use it all
the time in organic chem lab. Can Na2SO4 be regenerated, perhaps by
heating, and then reused?
Best regards,
Chris
Thank you, Sir.
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I don't see why not.
Chris wrote:
Dear
bob,
be sure to check into this if you haven't already. illinois law, as in most states if i'm not mistaken, only exempts older vehicles if they are driven less than a set number of miles annually (in illinois, 5000 m/year).
-chris b.
Zeke Yewdall wrote:
Being a 1979, you are probably exempt
not to worry, in Arkansas we have never had emissions testing, and and
abandoned any vehicle
inspection a few years ago. No insurance, no license plates, no headlights,
broken windshields, no
problem. By law you should have all the above, but in reality, unless
something happens (a wreck)
Hi all,
I'm trying to collect materials to build a solar hot water
heater. I have a few questions for the initiated. I have
been thinking that my most affordable way to go would be to use
abandoned sliding glass doors (double pane of course) for my
glazing. I can't imagine that there would be any
Biofuel@sustainablelists.org wrote:
So according to the New York Times, Carl Rove is in charge of
rebuilding New Orleans??
I think I'm going to be sick.
http://select.nytimes.com/2005/09/19/opinion/19herbert.html?hp;
..and equally mystifying, the same article says Pat Robertson's
Does anyone have information on this?
Mike"Al-Masoud, Nidal (EngTech)" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Hello Mike,
Do you know the
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